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Senior Applied Scientist
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Mar 10, 2025 | |
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OverviewOur team (Signals Modeling) is hiring a Senior Applied Scientist in Mountain View, CA or Redmond, WA.This team focuses on understanding and predicting how the user interacts with the ads on the search results page. The probability that a user will click on an ad is one of the most critical inputs used in ranking the ads. Similarly, the probability of interacting with the advertiser's page is important for measuring advertiser and user satisfaction. This position is for the modeling team, which builds machine learned models for predicting such events. The team looks at all aspects of modeling including training data, features, the actual model (neural nets, linear models, decision trees etc.) and offline and online evaluation of those models. Engineers and scientists on our team work at the edge of machine learning and economics developing in the online stack as well as offline workflows. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist with a background in Engineering, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Causal Inference, Data Science, Data Mining, or related field. Candidates should have a keen interest in artificial intelligence and optimization at web scale. Microsoft AI They will play a key role in driving algorithmic improvements to online and offline systems, develop and deliver robust and scalable solutions, make direct impact to both user and advertisers experience, and continually increase the revenue for Microsoft Advertising. | |